Fayette News

A mid-Missouri man has received a four-year sentence for tampering with evidence in a 2008 murder case.The sentence was imposed after 32-year-old John Wesley Freese of Fayette pleaded guilty this past week in Howard County Circuit Court to two counts of tampering with physical evidence.Prosecutors say Freese concealed the remains of 19-year-old ...

Ollie Lusby Sr. of Fayette, died Wednesday at the Golden Living Center in Glasgow.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Veterans Day 2009 is Wednesday and the annual observance will be commemorated by the Lions Club with the display of flags around the square and elsewhere.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Lamar Bell of Fayette died at his home Saturday . He was 59.

Therea s a city in Howard County that is the home of many Civil War battles, an historic university and beautiful antique buildings.

Friday, October 30, 2009 Patrick Lee Bixler of Macon, nephew of David and Debbie Maxfield of Fayette, died Friday at his residence.

Monday, October 12, 2009 As previously reported in the Oct. 3 Democrat-Leader, the long-awaited improvements to Highway 240 are now officially scheduled to begin Monday.

A family physician from Fayette was one of 150 doctors who heard a speech and a "pep talk" from President Barack Obama on health care reform Monday morning.

A long-standing CMU Homecoming tradition is the annual contest to decorate downtown storefronts in the Homecoming theme.

In May, Scott Fuemmeler opened a Columbia showroom for Audsley Monument Co. The Glasgow-based business offers mausoleums, markers and other stone monuments.

As noted in last Saturdaya s Democrat-Leader, Fayette council members have dramatically reduced the citya s investment in the Howard County Economic Development Council.

Fayette city council members expressed lackluster confidence with the Howard County Economic Development Council at their regular meeting Tuesday.

He will doubtless go to another place the coming year. He and his family are mighty nice people and we regret that they leave here.

THE OUTREACH LIBRARIAN will be available today from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the New Franklin City Hall.

Richard Nixon was in the White House, Warren Hearnes was in the Missouri governor's mansion, and Henry Rethwisch was mayor of Fayette.

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He is in the Howard County Jail on a $47,685 cash only bond. * James K. Frye, 18, of Fayette, was arrested Friday on a Class B felony, burglary in the first degree.

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The New Franklin School District is no longer under a school improvement plan within the auspices of the No Child Left Behind legislation.